Merchandise-sample case.



G. G. DUFFY.

918,297. j Patented 'Apr. 13; 1909,

n1: NORRIS P575115 :0, WASHINGTON, u c.

.U N ITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

CHARLES G. DUFFY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARTELL-DUFFY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MERCHANDISE-SAMPLE CASE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. DUFFY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MerchandiseSample Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to cases which are divided into compartments adapted to receive samples of merchandise in such a way that the entire contents of the case may be readily removed for examination or sale or replaced, as the occasion requires; and my invention consists in the particulars hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved case, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, a portion of the side of the case being broken away to show the interior arrangement, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved hinged guide-tracks.

The same parts are referred to by the same reference numbers in all the figures.

The case 1 is divided into a series of compartments by transverse shelves 2, 2, the front openings being closed by doors 3 3 which are attached to the shelves by hinges 4 at. I prefer to form the hinges of two long sections of sheet metal 5 5, which are provided with longitudinal ribs 6 6 and side flanges 7 7 pierced with holes 8 8 to receive suitable screws for securing the hinges to the woodwork. At their point of union the sections 5 5 arefiattened out so that they shall form smoothly around the pintle pin, and the ends of the raised ribs are separated sufficiently to allow the sections to fold to ward each other at right angles when the doors are closed. The doors are supported in a horizontal position, when opened, by suitable side stops 9 9; and when so opened the members of the hinges will be extended in the same plane so that their central ribs will form tracks, the inner members lying upon the shelves and the outer members upon the backs of the doors. Bottom slides 10 10 are provided with grooves 11 11 which fit over the hinge ribs 5 5, so that the bottom slides 10 10 may be slid to and fro upon the hinges as on tracks. The doors may be kept closed by any suitable catches as for instance friction catches 12 12. The doors are provided with suitable hand-grips 13 13.

It will be understood that the sliding Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 7, 1908.

Patented April 18, 1909.

Serial No. 466,245.

bottom must be narrow enough to pass freely between the side stops when it is slid out or in, and in consequence it must be shorter than the width of the case compartment, and I therefore prefer to place side strips, as l t 1%, between the sides of the bottom slides and the sides of the case so that there shall be no substantial opening between them to permit portions of the samples to enter and become caught therein.

In operation, a door is drawn down until it is extended in a horizontal position where it is held by the side stops 9 9. The bottom slide 10 may then be drawn forward upon the hinge-tracks until it is entirely out of the case compartment and rests upon the door 3 which serves as a shelf. This permits ready access to the entire parcel of merchandise which may have been placed upon the bottom slide, making it convenient for the salesman to select and exhibit the samples; 01', if desired, the bottom slide, with the merchandise upon it, may be entirely removed and taken to a stock table or counter with the samples upon it, the slide with the samples being again slid back into the case when it has served its immediate purpose.

By providing the shelf and door with tracks and the sliding bottom with ooopen ating guides, I secure an arrangement whereby the sliding bottom may be drawn to and fro in a true course so that it will not catch or bind against the sides of the case or the side stops or other attachments of the door. I also avoid the friction which would be incident to drawing a flat slide across a fiat bottom; and by using my improved form of hinged track I secure a construction which both acts as a strengthening batten for the door and shelf and also acts as a light, smooth track for the bottom slide to travel upon, the guide grooves 11 1.1 in the sliding bottom permitting the bottom to run close to the shelf so as to avoid the waste of space between the bottom slide and the shelf.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a sample case provided with a shelf, a door adapted to be lowered horizontally into the same plane as the shelf, a pair of hinged track-guides one member of each of which is immovably attached to the shelf and the other member attached to the back of the said door, so that said hinged tracks i to each other when the door is opened and to the back of the said door, so that said 7 1 J i shall be extended in horizontallines parallel and the other member attached immovably will perform the functions of both hinges hinged tracks shall be extended in horizontal; and guide tracks. lines parallel to each other wheifthe door is 5 2. In a sample case provided With a shelf, opened and will perform the functions 01 15 a door adapted to be lowered horizontally both hinges andguide-tracks. intothe same plane as the shelf, a pair of CHARLES G. DUFFY.

hinged track guides formed of longitudi- \Vitnesses: i nally ribbed sheet metal one member of each JOHN HARTELL, 10 of which is attached inimovably to the shelf VVILLIAM I-I. M01111. 1 

